The following is a letter the secretary-general of The Reform Party wrote to The Straits Times Forum on 12 May 2010:
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I WISH to correct Monday’s report, ‘SDA-Reform Party alliance: On or off?’. What I said was that our members had given us the go-ahead to enter into an alliance if negotiation reached that stage.
That is not the same as saying a tie-up has been agreed, nor is it asking us to push ahead with negotiation.
It is simply a vote of confidence in the secretary-general and the central executive committee to take that decision should it arise.
It would appear that the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has thrown out the baby with the bath water in deciding to treat the summary of broad areas of agreement already reached by both parties as a list of demands.
Normally, in a negotiation, it would be seen as a starting point for entering serious and final negotiations.
We have written to the SDA informing it that it may contact us about the possibility of continuing talks only after two conditions have been met:
We have written to the SDA informing it that it may contact us about the possibility of continuing talks only after two conditions have been met:
Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam
Secretary-General
The Reform Party
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Source: ST Forum